My name is Angie and my blog home is Knick of Time, where I share my addiction to old stuff…and lots of it!With Christmas just days away,
I came to share this Family Names Framed Print, which is an easy and inexpensive project. It makes a thoughtful gift which you can whip up quickly.
I came to share this Family Names Framed Print, which is an easy and inexpensive project. It makes a thoughtful gift which you can whip up quickly.
Materials needed for Family Framed print project
- a frame
- kraft card stock paper
- shipping twine
- adhesive scrap booking letters
These are all inexpensive if you use discount coupons at Hobby Lobby.
How to watermark your print for framing
I used Word to type out all the names in the family and added “Our Family” in the beginning, and the word, “Family” before each repeat of the family names. I also included the words, Grandparents, Children and Grandchildren. But you can select anything appropriate, and include pet names if desired. Play around with the font size and style until you find one that’s pleasing. Justify the text so that the left and right margins are aligned.
I could have created my own little pennants, but I loved these cute little stickers I found. So I just stuck them to a length of shipping twine.
Make a small bunting
Decide how you want it to drape across your page, then stick down firmly. Leave just a little excess twine on the sides to wrap behind the paper and tape on the backside, the put in your frame. That’s it – you are DONE!
It is SOOO easy and you can make this project for under $15. Maybe even less if you buy a frame at a thrift store. You’ll probably have enough stickers to make several of these. Maybe you could select words other than “Family” for some of your gifts. You could use the family’s last name instead, or use words like, “Grandchildren” and have a list of just grandchildren’s names.
Add everything to your thrift store frame
I made several of these as gifts, so here’s two other variations I made.
Use puffy stickers on the thrift store glass
You can see I used puffy style sticker letters for this one.
If you have a steady hand, and don’t want the expense of buying stickers, you could also print your word out, tape it to the front of the glass for your pattern, then paint the letters on the inside of the glass (not the outside where it will get rubbed off when cleaned).
I hope you enjoyed this project! I want to send a special thank you to Gail, for allowing me to come share it at My Repurposed Life today!
MRL is one of the first blogs I discovered several years ago, and Gail continues to impress me with her creativity and skill with power tools!
MRL is one of the first blogs I discovered several years ago, and Gail continues to impress me with her creativity and skill with power tools!
I hope you’ll drop in and visit me at Knick of Time soon!
I host a weekly, vintage theme link party called “Knick of Time Tuesday”. Each Wednesday, I also share free printable antique graphics
on my blog and throughout the week, I post lots of projects that make use of old stuff, and share our home remodeling journey as well.
Blessings,
Angie
Thank you Angie for sharing this great gift idea with us today. I appreciate your kind words about MRL, I’m happy you found me all those many years ago! Y’all hop over and check out some of Angie’s great projects! You will be inspired!
gail
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Corn in my Coffee-Pot says
December 25, 2012 at 5:31 amHi Gail… first, you have spam just ahead of me…
Secondly! I loved this project so cute. I’ll have to put that one in my file! (brain) for later. Love Angie’s ideas and projects. Glad to see her doing a post here. I like reading her blog too.
Lastly, …MERRY CHRISTMAS GAIL!
have a great time with Jamie, SIL and pups! (and other family) 😉 Patricia!
Nancy Carr says
December 22, 2012 at 12:10 pmEasy and cute idea. Love everything you do, Angie! You are wonderful. Happy Holidays!
Mindi@MyLove2Create says
December 21, 2012 at 10:04 pmI love the idea of the family names framed and the banner is too cute, great post!
Angie @ Knick of Time says
December 21, 2012 at 9:07 pmThanks so much for allowing me to share here, Gail! It *really* is an honor!
Blessings,
~Angie
VintageBettys says
December 21, 2012 at 2:14 pmI love your blog….and thank you for sharing your projects 🙂
Full Circle Creations says
December 21, 2012 at 12:55 pmVery cute idea. And so easy to do.